Campus Connections
Find community and connect with resources using the information below.
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For a more comprehensive list of UT disability resources, visit the Disability Resources page.
Student Support Services
Longhorn TIES
Longhorn TIES (Transition, Illuminate, Empower, Success) program within New Student Services coordinates and facilitates neurodiversity initiatives at UT. Longhorn TIES seeks to enhance the student experience for those who identify as neurodivergent through advocacy, connections and training, starting with the New Student Orientation process and continuing throughout the student’s tenure at the university.
Disability and Access
Disability and Access (D&A) works with students with disabilities to provide individualized accommodations and services, such as classroom and testing accommodations, priority registration, course load reduction, text in alternate formats, and live captioning and interpreting in order to ensure equal access to their educational experience at UT.
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- Email: access@austin.utexas.edu
The Longhorn SHARE Project
A Mental Health Peer Support Program, the Longhorn SHARE Project offers a wide range of peer-led support groups, individual peer support opportunities, and other activities facilitated by trained SHARE Support Specialists and program staff.
Counseling and Mental Health Center
The Counseling and Mental Health Center (CMHC) provides counseling, psychiatric, consultation and prevention services that facilitate students’ academic and life goals and enhance their personal growth and well-being.
- Rotating groups cover a range of different disability/mental health topics and identities
Texas Center for Disability Studies
The Texas Center for Disability Studies works to create a better world through research, education, practice and policy. The Texas Center for Disability Studies is a part of UT’s Steve Hicks School of Social Work and strives to fulfill the mission, vision and values through work at the center and with its partners.
- The Critical Disability Studies Program offers master’s and doctoral portfolios and a minor for undergraduate students.
Faculty/Staff Resources
Disabled Faculty and Staff Association
This new University Resource Group (URG) will serve faculty and staff who identify as disabled, Deaf, neurodivergent, chronically ill, having a mental health disability or undiagnosed (among many other intersectional identities they may hold), , as well as those connected to disability personally or professionally who want to support the efforts of DFSA. This URG will strive to communicate the needs of these diverse groups to the campus community and celebrate the voices, identities, experiences, and talents of the group. Our goals are to connect faculty and staff who hold these identities to opportunities we find valuable, including but not limited to training and professional development, available support resources and information, and community-building spaces and events to connect with others.
Institutional Accessibility and Accommodations
UT is required by law to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities. The accommodation process is a collaborative and interactive process between the University ADA Coordinators, the employee seeking accommodations, the employee’s supervisor, and/or other appropriate personnel (including Human Resources personnel and benefits).
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- Email: ada@austin.utexas.edu
Employee Assistance Program
The HealthPoint Employee Assistance Program provides brief counseling and consultation services, crisis intervention, assessment and referral, educational and training programs, and supervisory consultation.
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- Email: eap@austin.utexas.edu
Alumni Connections
UT Disabled Alumni Network Interest Form